In Buddhism, they teach a way of life devoid of ego. Learning to let go of my sense of self has helped me a lot. It has helped me in the way I treat my relationships and how I view my place in society. I consider every interaction with people in relation to how they made me feel. I tend to do an ego check, where I think of how I internalized my experience. Where they trying to bruise my ego or stroke theirs. Then I tend to let go of my feelings and not take it as an assault or a compliment but a simple occurrence and move on. This saves me from unneeded emotions and allows me to focus on more important issues.

When a person is too caught up in their own ego they tend to seem entitled. Like the world and its citizens own them something just because they are breathing. They walk around acting like their opinions matter. Throwing their weight around like a boss when they don’t own a damn thing. These habits can lead to ruined relationships and poor interaction with everybody. They might have some cheerleaders that love their shit. But for the most part they and their friends to most, seem like douchbag, assholes who enjoy jerking each other’s falic members. They walk around hurting feelings and causing problems because it strokes their egos.

A person with a poor ego can seem too unfit or unworthy. In life, they never seem good enough. They may call themselves names and think everybody else is better than them. They have self-esteem issues and may suffer from depression. Hating on themselves because their ego doesn’t match up to their idea of the perfect person. It all ties in to their ego and how they feel about themselves.

When you let go of your ego you are freeing yourself from unhealthy views of what you are and what you should be. Your ego is your opinion of yourself, when stop criticizing yourself you can focus on what is important in life. The world is opinionated and people throw their beliefs around like a game of dodgeball. You don’t have to carry around other people’s ideals of what perfection around with you. You can ingest other’s beliefs but after it turns into poop you can leave it at that. You probably shouldn’t worship other’s ideals so much that it hurts you or others. Do no harm but take no crap unless you really want to and even then ewww.

Try and do an ego check. Think to yourself is this really that serious or is it just my ego. Is what I’m dealing with stroking or trying to bruise my ego? Is this who or what I am or is it my view of self? I have an ego but I try to keep it in check. I try not to make decisions based on how a situation affected me emotionally. I don’t get mad when someone tries to say something to attack myself view of myself. Try not to believe your better or less then anyone else. You are you and leave the rest of you in private. Letting go of your ego and believing you are a regular person, no better, no worse then anyone else. Your you and that good enough.

Don’t feel like your entitled to special treatment, at the same time don’t feel like you deserved to be treated poorly or worst then anyone else. Your you, and with that we all have certain inalienable rights. We are all created equal. We all have the right to happy and to have a sense of freedom. Don’t let your ego ruin your life. Strive to do better because you want better and not to just be seen. We all are human and we have our own way and it’s just my personally opinion to drop the ego